Chennai - Great Lakes Institute of Management has launched a Centre for AI in Business at the Great Lakes Product Conclave 2026, marking a major step towards advancing applied artificial intelligence for industry use.
The Centre is designed to help organisations move from experimental AI initiatives to real-world deployment across operations , sipply chains, finance and decision making systems. A key feature of the Centre is uts High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster with a compute capacity of seven teraflops, functioning as a private supercomputing facility. This infrastructure enables ,large-scale data processing , local deployment of language models and advanced simulations without heavy dependence on cloud services.
Speaking at the launch, Prof. Vivek N, Head of the Centre for AI in Business, stated that the challenge today lies not in building AI models but in running them efficiently, securely, and in alignment with business needs. He added that the Centre focuses on agentic AI—autonomous systems capable of executing multi-step workflows—along with applied computing solutions that operate within organisations.
The Centre will support diverse use cases such as traffic and transport modelling, geospatial analytics, supply chain digital twins and financial risk simulations. By enabling local execution of AI workloads, it aims to reduce cloud costs and address data sensitivity concerns for enterprises.
Great Lakes has also partnered with SAP through the SAP University Alliances programme to strengthen industry–academia collaboration, support applied research, and develop industry-aligned curricula. The Centre will serve as a shared platform for industry professionals, faculty, and students to co-create impactful AI solutions, reinforcing the institute’s focus on relevance, rigour, and real-world impact.
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